John Smoltz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: May 15, 1967 in Detroit, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 22nd round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from Waverly HS (Lansing, MI).

High School: Waverly HS (Lansing, MI)

Last Game: September 30, 2009 (Age 42-138d)
vs. CIN 4.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 6 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2015. (Voted by BBWAA on 455/549 ballots)
View John Smoltz's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1988 season

Agents: Lonnie Cooper, Myles Shoda

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: John Andrew Smoltz

Nicknames: Smoltzie

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

69.0

213

155

ERA

3.33

723

481

154

3473.0

3084

WHIP

1.176

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1986	19	-3.3	Lakeland	FLOR	A	DET	7	8	.467	3.56	4.13	17	14	0	2	1	0	96.0	86	44	38	7	31	0	47	5	6	2		1.219	8.1	0.7	2.9	4.4	1.52
1987	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	ATL	4	11	.267	5.73	6.16	24	24	0	0	0	0	146.0	148	100	93	19	92	2	91	8	9	7		1.644	9.1	1.2	5.7	5.6	0.99
1987	20	-6.3	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	0	1	.000	6.19	6.19	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	17	11	11	2	11	0	5	1	1	1		1.750	9.6	1.1	6.2	2.8	0.45
1987	20	-3.1	Glens Falls	EL	AA	DET	4	10	.286	5.68	6.16	21	21	0	0	0	0	130.0	131	89	82	17	81	2	86	7	8	6		1.631	9.1	1.2	5.6	6.0	1.06
1988	21	-4.8	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	10	5	.667	2.79	3.26	20	20	0	3	0	0	135.1	118	49	42	5	37	1	115	2	2	6		1.145	7.8	0.3	2.5	7.6	3.11
1988	21	-7.5	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	2	7	.222	5.48	5.63	12	12	0	0	0	0	64.0	74	40	39	10	33	4	37	2	1	2	297	1.672	10.4	1.4	4.6	5.2	1.12
1989	22	-6.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	12	11	.522	2.94	3.42	29	29	0	5	0	0	208.0	160	79	68	15	72	2	168	2	3	8	847	1.115	6.9	0.6	3.1	7.3	2.33
1990	23	-5.4	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	14	11	.560	3.85	4.24	34	34	0	6	2	0	231.1	206	109	99	20	90	3	170	1	3	14	966	1.280	8.0	0.8	3.5	6.6	1.89
1991	24	-4.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	14	13	.519	3.80	3.96	36	36	0	5	0	0	229.2	206	101	97	16	77	1	148	3	2	20	947	1.232	8.1	0.6	3.0	5.8	1.92
1992	25	-3.3	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	15	12	.556	2.85	3.28	35	35	0	9	3	0	246.2	206	90	78	17	80	5	215	5	1	17	1021	1.159	7.5	0.6	2.9	7.8	2.69
1993	26	-2.2	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	15	11	.577	3.62	3.84	35	35	0	3	1	0	243.2	208	104	98	23	100	12	208	6	1	13	1028	1.264	7.7	0.8	3.7	7.7	2.08
1994	27	-1.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	6	10	.375	4.14	4.61	21	21	0	1	0	0	134.2	120	69	62	15	48	4	113	4	0	7	568	1.248	8.0	1.0	3.2	7.6	2.35
1995	28	0.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	12	7	.632	3.18	3.55	29	29	0	2	1	0	192.2	166	76	68	15	72	8	193	4	0	13	808	1.235	7.8	0.7	3.4	9.0	2.68
1996	29	0.6	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	24	8	.750	2.94	3.30	35	35	0	6	2	0	253.2	199	93	83	19	55	3	276	2	1	10	995	1.001	7.1	0.7	2.0	9.8	5.02
1997	30	1.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	15	12	.556	3.02	3.41	35	35	0	7	2	0	256.0	234	97	86	21	63	9	241	1	1	10	1043	1.160	8.2	0.7	2.2	8.5	3.83
1998	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	ATL	0	1	.000	3.00	3.00	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.0	18	8	8	3	4	0	30	0	0	3	94	0.917	6.8	1.1	1.5	11.3	7.50
1998	31	7.4	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	1	.000	2.57	2.57	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	11	4	4	2	3	0	16	0	0	2	54	1.000	7.1	1.3	1.9	10.3	5.33
1998	31	9.4	Macon	SALL	A	ATL	0	0		3.60	3.60	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	14	0	0	1	40	0.800	6.3	0.9	0.9	12.6	14.00
1998	31	2.7	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	17	3	.850	2.90	3.11	26	26	0	2	2	0	167.2	145	58	54	10	44	2	173	4	1	3	681	1.127	7.8	0.5	2.4	9.3	3.93
1999	32	7.8	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	0		4.50	4.50	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	18	1.500	11.3	0.0	2.3	15.8	7.00
1999	32	3.6	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	11	8	.579	3.19	3.38	29	29	0	1	1	0	186.1	168	70	66	14	40	2	156	4	0	2	746	1.116	8.1	0.7	1.9	7.5	3.90

2001	34		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	ATL	0	0		0.82	0.82	4	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	7	1	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	37	0.636	5.7	0.0	0.0	9.0
2001	34	9.9	Greenville	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	20	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
2001	34	12.6	Macon	SALL	A	ATL	0	0		1.80	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	17	0.800	7.2	0.0	0.0	9.0
2001	34	5.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	3	3	.500	3.36	3.66	36	5	20	0	0	10	59.0	53	24	22	7	10	2	57	2	0	0	238	1.068	8.1	1.1	1.5	8.7	5.70
2002	35	6.2	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	3	2	.600	3.25	3.36	75	0	68	0	0	55	80.1	59	30	29	4	24	1	85	0	1	1	314	1.033	6.6	0.4	2.7	9.5	3.54
2003	36	7.2	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	2	.000	1.12	1.26	62	0	55	0	0	45	64.1	48	9	8	2	8	1	73	0	0	2	244	0.870	6.7	0.3	1.1	10.2	9.13
2004	37	7.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	0	1	.000	2.76	2.76	73	0	61	0	0	44	81.2	75	25	25	8	13	2	85	0	0	6	323	1.078	8.3	0.9	1.4	9.4	6.54
2005	38	8.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	14	7	.667	3.06	3.25	33	33	0	3	1	0	229.2	210	83	78	18	53	7	169	1	1	2	931	1.145	8.2	0.7	2.1	6.6	3.19
2006	39	9.9	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	16	9	.640	3.49	3.61	35	35	0	3	1	0	232.0	221	93	90	23	55	4	211	9	0	5	960	1.190	8.6	0.9	2.1	8.2	3.84
2007	40	11.0	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	14	8	.636	3.11	3.41	32	32	0	0	0	0	205.2	196	78	71	18	47	9	197	4	0	8	853	1.182	8.6	0.8	2.1	8.6	4.19
2008	41		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-AA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
2008	41	16.5	Mississippi	SOUL	AA	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	41	19.1	Rome	SALL	A	ATL	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	12.0
2008	41	12.1	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	3	2	.600	2.57	2.57	6	5	0	0	0	0	28.0	25	8	8	2	8	1	36	0	0	2	117	1.179	8.0	0.6	2.6	11.6	4.50
2009	42		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-A-AA	BOS	1	1	.500	2.63	2.63	6	6	0	1	0	0	27.1	18	8	8	2	4	0	21	1	0	3	105	0.805	5.9	0.7	1.3	6.9	5.25
2009	42		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BOS	3	8	.273	6.35	6.35	15	15	0	0	0	0	78.0	95	55	55	11	18	2	73	3	0	0	344	1.449	11.0	1.3	2.1	8.4	4.06
2009	42	15.1	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	1	1	.500	3.38	3.38	3	3	0	1	0	0	16.0	10	6	6	2	4	0	11	1	0	2	63	0.875	5.6	1.1	2.3	6.2	2.75
2009	42	17.8	Portland	EL	AA	BOS	0	0		2.70	2.70	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0.900	8.1	0.0	0.0	5.4
2009	42	20.4	Greenville	SALL	A	BOS	0	0		1.13	1.13	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	29	0.625	5.6	0.0	0.0	9.0
2009	42	13.9	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	2	5	.286	8.33	8.33	8	8	0	0	0	0	40.0	59	37	37	8	9	1	33	3	0	0	186	1.700	13.3	1.8	2.0	7.4	3.67
2009	42	13.4	STL	NL	Maj	STL	1	3	.250	4.26	4.26	7	7	0	0	0	0	38.0	36	18	18	3	9	1	40	0	0	0	158	1.184	8.5	0.7	2.1	9.5	4.44
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (21 seasons)					Majors		213	155	.579	3.33	3.60	723	481	204	53	16	154	3473.0	3074	1391	1284	288	1010	84	3084	57	16	145	14271	1.176	8.0	0.7	2.6	8.0	3.05
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		22	26	.458	3.86	4.26	81	73	1	6	1	0	447.2	402	212	192	36	169	3	326	16	17	21	269	1.276	8.1	0.7	3.4	6.6	1.93
All Levels (23 Seasons)							235	181	.565	3.39	3.68	804	554	205	59	17	154	3920.2	3476	1603	1476	324	1179	87	3410	73	33	166	14540	1.187	8.0	0.7	2.7	7.8	2.89

AAA (3 seasons)					Minors		11	7	.611	3.17	3.55	26	26	0	4	0	0	167.1	145	66	59	9	52	1	131	4	3	9	63	1.177	7.8	0.5	2.8	7.0	2.52
AA (6 seasons)					Minors		4	11	.267	5.06	5.46	31	27	1	0	0	0	158.1	154	96	89	19	85	2	117	7	8	8	109	1.509	8.8	1.1	4.8	6.7	1.38
A (5 seasons)					Minors		7	8	.467	3.25	3.69	24	20	0	2	1	0	122.0	103	50	44	8	32	0	78	5	6	4	97	1.107	7.6	0.6	2.4	5.8	2.44